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Q-Lit Celebrating Queer Words

Tittle Tattlers 💙🧡Meet the ghosts of our q***r past🧡2:30pm19th JulyVictorian Pride Centre💙Five acclaimed creatives will ...
30/05/2026

Tittle Tattlers 💙🧡
Meet the ghosts of our q***r past

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2:30pm
19th July
Victorian Pride Centre

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Five acclaimed creatives will channel scandalous and trailblazing figures from history. Expect a Gold Rush-era womaniser, a gender-bending Chinese spy, a notorious Melbourne dandy and an Ancient Greek paramour. A camp excavation of the q***r archive, complete with costumes and laughs.

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Hosted by Jono Butler, with Tobias Fulton, Scotty So, Sam Elkin, and Stayci Taylor.

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Bookings available via our website or the link in our bio.

Want to be featured on our Community News? ✨Have you heard of a writing grant?Do you have an event coming up?Know of som...
29/05/2026

Want to be featured on our Community News? ✨

Have you heard of a writing grant?
Do you have an event coming up?
Know of someones achievement that we should share and celebrate with the wider community?

Let us know via the link in our bio to be featured in the next edition of Q-Lit Community News! 🧡

Panel: Game Changers 💙🧡The narrative shift of q***rs in sport🧡1pm19th JulyVictorian Pride Centre💙Join host Mitch Brown a...
29/05/2026

Panel: Game Changers 💙🧡
The narrative shift of q***rs in sport

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1pm
19th July
Victorian Pride Centre

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Join host Mitch Brown and authors Darcy Green & Angus Cameron to discuss the power of the q***r protagonist. This panel explores how modern storytelling is actively normalising q***r identities across our professional sporting codes.

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Hosted by Mitch Brown, with Darcy Green and Angus Cameron.

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Bookings available via our website or the link in our bio

📷 Teague Leigh

📣 Q-Lit Community News May-June Edition🌈 Pride Month Launch vicpridecentre✍🏻 Intro to Self-Publishing 🌱 Slamtidote Poetr...
28/05/2026

📣 Q-Lit Community News May-June Edition

🌈 Pride Month Launch vicpridecentre

✍🏻 Intro to Self-Publishing

🌱 Slamtidote Poetry Workshop slamtidote

🎬 Motley Movie Mondays

📖 Crux Anthology Launch meridian_australis

📚 Trans & Gender Diverse Book Club vicpridecentre

📚 Rainbow Book Chat vicpridecentre

Got an event, news, grant or achievement you wish to get featured in our community news? Let us know via the link in our bio! 🧡

Free online workshop coming up in 2 days!! ‘Found' Poetry with Jo Langdon💜 30th May💙 10am🧡 Book via link in bio - https:...
28/05/2026

Free online workshop coming up in 2 days!!

‘Found' Poetry with Jo Langdon
💜 30th May
💙 10am
🧡 Book via link in bio - https://linktr.ee/q.lit

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Workshop facilitator:
Jo Langdon is a writer and poet living on unceded Wadawurrung land in Geelong/Djilang. She is the author of Snowline (Whitmore Press, 2012), Glass Life (Five Islands Press, 2018), and her latest poetry collection, Delivery, is published by Vagabond Press (2026). She has received fellowships from the Elizabeth Kostova Foundation in Bulgaria and the National Library of Australia, and her recent writing also appears in journals including Griffith Review, Island, Meanjin, Overland, and Mascara Literary Review.

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For questions or access needs please email
[email protected]

Panel: A Life Worth Telling 💙🧡The art of crafting irresistible characters🧡11:30am19th JulyVictorian Pride Centre💙Mining ...
28/05/2026

Panel: A Life Worth Telling 💙🧡
The art of crafting irresistible characters

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11:30am
19th July
Victorian Pride Centre

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Mining your own life for material is just the start, the real challenge is knowing when a story will resonate with an audience. Learn how Natash Rai, Helena Pantsis, Madison Godfrey and Samantha Byres craft their characters by balancing raw truth with the instincts needed for great storytelling.

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Hosted by Natasha Rai, with Helena Pantsis, Madison Godfrey, and Samantha Byres.

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Bookings available via our website or the link in our bio.

📷 Teague Leigh

Q***r Book Fair 💙🧡The best in q***r literature to fill your bookshelf🧡11am19th JulyVictorian Pride Centre💙 This is your ...
27/05/2026

Q***r Book Fair 💙🧡
The best in q***r literature to fill your bookshelf

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11am
19th July
Victorian Pride Centre

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This is your one-stop-shop for uncovering the best and most locally written works from the LGBTQIA+ community. Along with the amazing array of works from Hares and Hyenas, you'll also have the opportunity to peruse individual writers' stalls and meet them personally.

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Stall bookings abailable via our website https://www.q-lit.com.au/day-of-books

📷 Teague Leigh

The Darkroom 💜💙The festival’s steamiest showcase💙9pm18th JulyMission to Seafarers 💜We're turning the lights down low and...
26/05/2026

The Darkroom 💜💙
The festival’s steamiest showcase

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9pm
18th July
Mission to Seafarers

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We're turning the lights down low and putting the heaters on high for this adults-only showcase of the festival’s most explicit and provocative storytelling. Expect an atmospheric, red-lit evening of steamy stories that leave nothing to the imagination.

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Hosted by Dylan Drakes, with Emily White, Jordan Clayden-Lewis, Quinton Li, and Bo Bickmore.

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Bookings available via the Q-Lit website or the link in our bio.

Words & Wine 💜💙A delicious literary pairing💙7:30pm18th JulyMission to Seafarers💜Swap your standard Saturday drinks for s...
25/05/2026

Words & Wine 💜💙
A delicious literary pairing

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7:30pm
18th July
Mission to Seafarers

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Swap your standard Saturday drinks for something better! We’ve paired five wildly different q***r storytellers with five fantastic local wines. From fierce activist poetry to sweeping romance, grab a glass and settle in for an epic night of tasting and tales.

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Hosted by Tina Del Twist, with Laura McPhee-Browne, Tara Calaby, Nikki Viveca, and Skye Cusack.

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Bookings available via our website or the link in our bio

Masterclass: Get Your Hot Take Published 💙❤️Insider knowledge on writing and pitching❤️3pm18th JulyMission to Seafarers💙...
24/05/2026

Masterclass: Get Your Hot Take Published 💙❤️
Insider knowledge on writing and pitching

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3pm
18th July
Mission to Seafarers

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Got a fiery opinion? Turn it into your next byline! Join Dani Leever, Publications Manager at Archer Magazine, for an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at the publishing world. Learn how to transform your hottest take into a compelling article and craft the perfect pitch.

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Dani Leever is a transmasc non-binary writer, editor and Libra based in Naarm. They are currently the Publications Manager for Archer Magazine, and they've been published in various online publications and in Fremantle Press’ anthology on OCD, 'Try Not to Think of a Pink Elephant'.

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Bookings available via the Q-Lit website or via the link in our bio.

📷 Lisa Roberts

Masterclass: Make Them Feel Something 💙❤️Writing with emotional impact❤️1pm18th JulyMission to Seafarers💙Want to create ...
23/05/2026

Masterclass: Make Them Feel Something 💙❤️
Writing with emotional impact

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1pm
18th July
Mission to Seafarers

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Want to create work with true heart? Join Courtney Peppernell to explore emotional storytelling, vulnerability, and voice. Through guided exercises, you'll learn to transform raw feelings into crafted pieces that feel deeply personal while warmly inviting your readers in.

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Courtney Peppernell is a bestselling author whose books have sold millions worldwide and been translated into multiple languages. Her work explores love, healing, self-discovery, and connection.

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Bookings available via the Q-Lit website or via the link in our bio.

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